Gigabyte GA-Z590 AORUS ELITE AX

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Boot Drive	206% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z590 AORUS ELITE AX (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210416
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 14 '21 at 03:03
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-10700K-$236 198,859 User benchmarks, average bench 97% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 93.5 1-Core 149 2-Core 294 98% 179 Pts	4-Core 590 8-Core 1,024 98% 807 Pts	64-Core 1,639 101% 1,639 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 39,219 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.9316 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 6.1 Reflection 10.5 Parallax 9.2 5% 8.6 fps	Splatting 0.1 0% 0.1 fps
Poor: 4% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB-$89 129,044 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 931GB free Firmware: SVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 481 487 487 487 487 487 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 483 Mixed 452 SusWrite 486 109% 484 MB/s	4K Read 41.1 4K Write 87.8 4K Mixed 54.8 179% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 354 266% 355 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 137%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 753GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2359 2214 1521 1536 1538 1538 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	329% Outstanding	Read 2,496 Write 2,261 Mixed 1,765 SusWrite 1,784 466% 2,077 MB/s	4K Read 54.7 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 71 232% 78.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,212 DQ Write 957 DQ Mixed 1,070 804% 1,079 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 329% Great: 410%
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 163,917 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 872GB free (System drive) Firmware: 004C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1291 1369 1271 104 107 103 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	206% Outstanding	Read 1523 Write 1,538 Mixed 1,080 SusWrite 708 272% 1212 MB/s	4K Read 49.5 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 64.8 220% 76.9 MB/s	DQ Read 635 DQ Write 859 DQ Mixed 469 432% 654 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 206% Great: 255%
WD My Passport 259F 1TB 11,016 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 931GB free, PID 259f Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 110 108 111 109 110 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	46.1% Average	Read 108 Write 107 Mixed 61.3 SusWrite 110 129% 96.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 101% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G Skill Intl F4-3200C16-8GTZR 2x8GB 10,185 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.2% Good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 25.2 MC Mixed 19.1 68% 24 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 26.9 SC Mixed 21.7 62% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 60.9 66% 60.9 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 113%

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Gaming 150%

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Desktop 106%

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Workstation 151%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z590 AORUS ELITE AX

CPU
Core i7-11700KIntel $249Bench 101%, 65,651 samples	1,510x
Core i5-11600KIntel $180Bench 99%, 43,966 samples	753x
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	742x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	772x
RTX 3080Nvidia $854Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	630x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	561x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	421x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	363x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	276x

RAM
Skill Intl F4-3200C16-8GTZR 2x8GBGBench 90%, 10,185 samples	193x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	169x
CMW32GX4M2E3200C16 2x16GBCorsairBench 85%, 54,117 samples	146x

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Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $747

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16